holiday inspiration

hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving! now that halloween and thanksgiving are behind us, i am so excited to officially start the christmas decorating, prep and listening to christmas music. i picked up the jackson 5 christmas cd and we have been been getting into the spirit with that all weekend.

thought you might like a little holiday inspiration to jump start you this monday morning. found all these images via pinterest, my new infatuation.

image sources:

1. that kind of woman.

2. chilli jam. nigella lawson. 

3. holiday card by kanelimaa. 

4. madame cupcake 

5. tahoe ridge house designed by wa design inc. via chic tip.

6. christmas punch from martha stewart.

7. gingerbread cookies from en mammas dag blog.

happy thanksgiving

yoohooo. let the holiday season begin. what are your plans for thanksgiving? do you have any traditions that you keep close to your heart for thanksgiving day? 

our family tradition is to watch the sound of music after we have sat down for a fulfilling meal. it usually turns into a sing along because we just can't hold it in. it's such an uplifting movie and my three-year-old twin girls even know the songs and like singing along too.

hope you enjoy the long thanksgiving weekend with your families and sending hugs and kisses through the internet to you!

photo from the constant buzz.

travelogue: san sebastián. spain

here are some more photos from our spain/france trip. these are from the city of san sebastián in the northern part of spain in the basque country on the bay of biscay. what a delightful city full of fabulous food, culture and beautiful architecture. san sebastián was even selected along with wroclaw, poland as the european capital of culture  for 2016. i have to do some more posts specifically on the food and the comb of the wind sculptures by eduardo chillida. just too many pretty sites! 

weekend inspiration

 

hope you are having a great weekend! thought you might like a little eye candy for this fall weekend. 

we went to a little new england church bazaar this morning and had pho for lunch. one of the things i missed about harvard square in boston was being able to get pho for lunch. and now we found a place here that serves up this vietnamese goodness. beef broth with rice noodles, chicken, bean sprouts, fresh lime juice and  chili sauce. it leaves me at peace and very full and content. 

we're heading to salve regina's dance club's fall performance. i think the girls are going to love it. and tomorrow we are going to the meadowbrook waldorf school's holiday faire. hope you are getting excited about the upcoming holidays and wishes for a fun filled weekend!

image sources:

1.  line klein for bo bedre

2.  image from inside out magazine. 

3.  roger davies for elle decor magazine

4.  from the website for interior design by mlinaric, henry & zervudachi

5.  le dans la blog

6.  image by william waldron

7.  image by arjan benning

8.  lonny magazine

9.  trevor tondo for the new york times

10. image through vtwonen, photogrpahy by marc van praag and sunna bijl

tea time

i just discovered a blog that i think you might fall in love with too. chances are you already know about it, but i wanted to share it with you anyway. it's name is la buena vida. it's an inspiring blog full of beautiful lifestyle and food photography by nicole franzen. see it right here.


photo by nicole franzen.

holiday gift guides

creature comforts blog presents the 2011 holiday gift guide

the holiday guide by emily henderson

nordic design 2011 christmas magazine

pour yourself some egg nog, put your santa hat on, get your holiday giving list out and start taking notes because these 3 bloggers have spent hours combing through the internet and finding the best gifts for everyone on your list. happy shopping!

1. gifted magazine. creature comforts blog's holiday gift guide.

2. the holiday guide by emily henderson.

3. nordic design blog's 2011 christmas magazine.

fall field trips

hope you all had a nice long weekend! what did you do? the girls and i took 3 little day trips in the last week. i really wanted to get out of the house because i usually hit a low with the shorter days and less daylight. now that i'm 35 i know i have to make an effort during this time of year. so fresh air, visiting museums, and seeing family is just what we did!

we went to the providence children's museum. 3 hours of solid play. complete with a water play room, a woodland forest where kids can dress up as their favorite animal, an imaginative subterranean world of roots and worm tunnels, and an artful two story climbing maize. it is the answer to any mom's dream in the rhode island area. we loved it!

since the girls are learning about pilmgrims and indians in preschool i thought it was appropriate to head to plimouth plantation in plymouth, mass. it was a rainy day, but we got to visit a wampanoag indian homesite and a 17th-century english village.

and this weekend we met my brother, matt, briana (his fiance) and my cousin, max at the museum of fine arts in boston where we got to see the new degas and the nude exhibit. and the girls ran around outside and jumped in leaves. 

hope you all are doing well and enjoying this fall and thanks for reading my little blog!

pinterest

 

i have to apologize, but i haven't been posting at all this week because i got sucked into the pinterest vortex and just managed to surface and find the light of day. boy, it's really addicting. especially if you are a visual person. i really need to start setting some limits on the amount of time i spend on it. i was a little late in the game to join, but i wanted to wait until the girls started preschool and i had a little more time on my hands. anyway, i would love it if you go check out my page and let me know what you like and don't like. would love to get some feedback seeing that i spent way too much time getting my pages set up this week. hope you enjoy!

scenes from the weekend

1. sleeping beauties fell hard on saturday night on the comfy bean bag

2. hit the newport library book sale and found some great art books

3. our coffee table with colorful books

4. autumn's bounty

my favorites for the month of november

my favorite things for the month of november (clockwise)
1. asos pleated leather collar necklace via simply lovely's pin

2. lemlem scarf from nonchalant mom

3. horn cups from deep dark africa
4. baggu leather pouch

5. pendleton blanket

6. scotch nailpolish in smugglers gold

7. amber sea glass and beach china - 8X8 fine art beachcombing photograph by quercus designs on etsy

8. h+m shoes

9. richard serra sculpture: forty years hardcover

a giraffe + dorothy

hope you all had a festive halloween!! we had a little get together with 3 other families before trick-or-treating last night so it was fun to decorate the house in some friendly halloween decorations. all the kiddoes were 5 years old and younger so we didn't want to scare the bejeebers out of any one. i made little paper bags filled with halloween pencils, pads of paper, glow in the dark bats, fangs, glow in the dark bracelets, and pretzels for the kids.

the food was really easy for the night. 3 pizzas from pre-made dough. and a plate filled with veggies and dip. and while the girls were at school i made some candy corn sugar cookies and apricots dipped in dark chocolate (an indulgence for the adults but loaded with antioxidants!)

this year rory dressed up as a giraffe and she made me pick her up any time we got near a puddle of water or mud because she "didn't want to get her costume dirty". and karoline loves the wizard of oz and we had just purchased some sparkly red shoes at target so it was easy to put together an outfit complete with a toto basket.

i think this was the most fun i have had at halloween in a long time. i really enjoyed celebrating with our new friends in newport and walking all together while trick-or-treating and laughing made my heart sing. the kiddoes were so excited and now that rory and karoline are three they are really getting into this holiday thing.